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New rules mean B.C. drivers must keep further away from cyclists (www.vancouverisawesome.com)

submitted 1 year ago by breakfastmtn to c/britishcolumbia

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New regulations have created a new minimum distance B.C. drivers must maintain when passing cyclists, the province announced Thursday.

Under changes to B.C.’s Motor Vehicle Act, drivers must maintain a distance of one metre when passing cyclists. On highways with a speed limit above 50 kilometres per hour, that distance increases to 1.5 metres.

“These new regulations will keep people safer on our roads and encourage even more use of active transportation,” Rob Fleming, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, said in a statement.

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[–] nik282000 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unless it is enforced dickheads in giant SUVs will keep running people over.

DEDICATED BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS

[–] MajorMajormajormajor 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait, you mean that painted white line on the road doesn't protect the cyclists?!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Paint is not infrastructure.

I know you were being sarcastic, i just wanted to quote Not Just Bikes.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Germany, the rules are 1.50 meters within city limits and 2.00 metres outside. I feel like the situation has improved for cyclists since that law was enacted, but not nearly everybody sticks to it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you ever hear of it being enforced in Germany?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

No.

[+] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The cyclists have cameras on the front of their bike and send in footage for enforcement. Already heard of it happening.

[–] DoomsdaySprocket -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The same cyclists that stick up their nose at signed and designed cycle routes and instead choose roads with highway speeds, narrow infrastructure and excessive traffic?

The cycling infrastructure is pitiful in many popular areas, and enforcement can only do so much. “Share the road” signs have no place outside of residential low-speed areas (looking at you, Mary Hill Bypass) and cyclists plowing down main drags at half speed are selfishly putting themselves at huge risk. The whole dynamic is a hot mess.

That’s not even getting into the cyclist-on-cyclist viscousness I’ve experienced when I was cycle commuting and following silly rules like stopping at red lights.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Oh look cyclists are one similar homogeneous mass with no independent will. Get the fuck outta here

[–] corsicanguppy 6 points 1 year ago

The only acceptable distance between 7-ton steel boxes at 60kmph and squishy 180lb creatures is One shrubbery minimum.

It's how they do it in civilised countries; we just need to emulate what they're doing, if we can collectively get over the Little Brother complex all new countries have.